Associate Director - Project Management

Company Description Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
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Job Description We are currently recruiting for an Associate Director to lead on infrastructure projects within our Scotland region.

MAIN PURPOSE OF

THE ROLE  To lead and co-ordinate project activities, ensuring good communication and adherence to governance processes.

To understand, anticipate, inform and deliver great outcomes for our clients, every time, everywhere.

To drive exceptional delivery, health & safety, commercial, risk management and quality performance on infrastructure projects throughout the project lifecycle.

To be heavily involved in winning new work and developing a team of Project Managers KEY

ACCOUNTABILITIES Project management discipline, to include:

Helping to establish the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.

Identifying and ensuring that the appropriate line manager is aware of quality, safety, health and environment issues.

Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project.

Project planning, including producing the detailed project plan.

Advising upon the procurement of resources.

Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team.

Monitoring and applying performance management techniques.

Managing the change control process.

Monitoring and advising upon project finances.

Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.

Preparing formal project progress and other reports.

Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE:

Identifying opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and reporting such opportunities to the appropriate line manager.

Assisting in the production of bid documentation.

Internal management accountabilities, to include:
Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each project is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database.

Financial management – Ensuring prompt client invoicing and utilising FMS in order to monitor a project’s financial status.

Process improvement – Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.

QualificationsNEC accredited Project Manager Degree qualified in a relevant discipline (Civil Engineering/Construction)
Experience working on major Highways projects

Additional Information Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working…